Monkeyshines!
Platform: Magnavox Odyssey2
Region: USA
Media: Cartridge
Controller: Odyssey? Joystick
Genre: Puzzle
Gametype: Undefined
Release Year: 1981
Developer: Magnavox
Publisher: Magnavox
Players: 1 to 3 VS
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MONKEY TAG!

(1 or 2 players)

1. Press 0 on the numeric section of the Odyssey2 keyboard.

2. The screen will display four computer-controlled monkeys in a matrix of monkey bars.

3. Two men appear at the lower right and left of the screen. They are activated by the hand controls.

4. The object of the game is to tag as many monkeys as you can with your man - without getting tagged back.

5. The left hand control maneuvers the man at the lower left of the screen. The right hand control activates the man at the lower right of the screen.

6. Push the joystick to the right to make your man go to the right. Push the joystick to the left to make your man go to the left.

7. Push the joystick forward and press the action button to make your man jump up to the next highest level of monkey bars. Push the joystick forward at an angle and press the action button to make your man jump on a diagonal. The men can only jump up one level of monkey bars at a time. One man can give the other a boost. If one jumps on the head of the other, he can reach the next highest level of monkey bars on his next jump.

8. A man tags a monkey by catching it and pressing the action button. The tagged monkey will jump away in the direction the joystick is held at the instant the action button is pressed. If you catch a monkey and delay pressing the action button, the monkey will jump away without a tag being scored.

9. Players score one point for every monkey tagged. The game score appears at the lower left of the screen. The highest score in a series of games appears just above the game score. If both

You are not competing with another player - you are competing with the computer.

10. When a monkey is tagged, it will turn red and try to tag one of the men. If a man is tagged by a red monkey, he will freeze in position and is out of the game.

11. The higher the game score, the longer the monkeys will stay red and the harder it will be for the men to avoid getting caught.

12. A new game will start automatically when both men have been tagged by red monkeys. The monkey bars will be displayed in a completely different arrangement at the beginning of each new game.

13. Every game automatically starts at the first skill level. When ten points have been scored, the computer will automatically change to the next highest skill level to provide greater challenge. The third skill level will be presented when 30 points have been scored. The monkeys stay red longer and are more difficult to evade with every increase in skill level.

14. If you wish to play at the second skill level before scoring ten points, press the + key once. To play at the third skill level, press the + key twice.

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TAILSPIN!

(1 or 2 players)

1. Press RESET.

2. Press 0 on the numeric section of the keyboard.

3. Press R (for ROTATION) on the alphabet section of the keyboard.

4. The monkey bars will rotate upwards to a new position every few seconds. This calls for a completely different playing strategy. You will have to anticipate the next position of the monkey bars and adjust your movement and timing accordingly.

5. Press S (for STOP) on the alphabet section of the keyboard to stop the rotation of the monkey bars. You can start or stop the rotation of the monkey bars at any time during the game.

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SHUTEYE!

(1 or 2 players)

1. Press RESET.

2. Press 0 on the numeric section of the keyboard.

3. Press I (for INVISIBLE) on the alphabet section of the keyboard. The monkey bars will disappear.

4. You are now playing blindfolded - but the monkeys are not.

5. The monkey bars will reappear momentarily any time one of the men is falling. They will also reappear if one of the men stands on the head of the other.

6. Press V (for VISIBLE) to make the monkey bars reappear.

~From the Monkeyshines! Manual

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CHEATS: 

Slide and Score: You can program a maze (or sometimes it happens naturally) that has almost no horizontal bars on a side of the screen. If you go to the top and tag a monkey against the wall diagonally down and just hold the button down, you can keep retagging the monkey faster and faster until you reach the bottom and then a crunching, cutting sound occurs and your score can get up to like 99 or something if you're good. You can do this on the ground too. (Submitted by Michael Cronis)

Tag and Repeat: This technique works best in a 1-player game. Program the bars so that only these bars exist: M3, M4, M5, M6, O2, O7, N1, N8, K2, K7, E3, E6, Y4, and Y5. Grab one monkey at a time (maybe two early on) and bring it with you to where you are standing right over the five. Throw the monkey at an angle to the left and immediately start jumping up to the right side of the board. Always move and stay to the opposite side of the red monkey. Once the monkey turns back to yellow, grab another one and start all over again. You can turn the score over and make the game last as long as you want. (Submitted by Jon Hunter)

http://odyssey2.classicgaming.gamespy.com/cheats/index.php#comandonoturno
